Recently Oxley Home Care commenced providing home care personal services for my father. The Senior Care Coordinator was very prompt in coming to visit my father and in organising support within a week of my phone call enquiry. She has been very friendly and helpful, and keen to ensure that the Care Worker is a good match for my father. We appreciated her phone call following up after the Care Worker's first visit to check that Dad was happy and that his needs were being met.
Dad is indeed very happy with the support of his Care Worker - "She is a delightful young lady with a personality that brightens up my day. She comes for one hour five mornings a week, and is meticulous in carrying out the allocated tasks. She is efficient and uses her initiative." Many thanks Oxley Home Care! Margaret Grainger

Oxley Home Care are real professionals, and I was lucky to find them. They followed up promptly on my initial call, and always stayed in contact. They went out of their way to help me get started with a care worker, who was always prompt and supportive. I can highly recommend them !

I do not know what I would do without Oxley Home Care.
From Management/Office staff to Carer's, the service is exceptional.
The level of service and the interaction of Carer's with my parents is just amazing. Absolutely exceptional.
At times I have needed adhoc services urgently and Oxley Office staff has organised this with ease for me.
I cannot praise Oxley Home Care enough.
I know they have my parents needs and wellbeing a priority.
I do not hesitate in recommending Oxley Home Care .

I have been very fortunate to find a provider like the Oxley Home Care team. From senior management to Regional care Manager, to all the lovely ladies in the office and all the care workers that have assisted in helping me take care of my mother at home, I have found them to be very professional in all aspects of there work. They have been very understanding and caring and very compassionate , always willing to do above and beyond in assisting me to take care of my mother and giving me and my family the moral support to continue to do so. I highly recommend Oxley Home Care to anyone who is in need of any type of care for themselves or for there loved ones or even for a friend. You will not be disappointed. Thank you so much Oxley Home care Team. You are amazing. Please continue the terrific work of always helping others.
Thank you again. Sr. Sofia.

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Altruism grows as we age…

Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American essayist, lecturer and poet once wrote: “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”

While that might be a wonderful way to approach life, researchers have found that we become more charitable as we age, and it has nothing to do with wealth.

Combining insights from psychology, behavioral economics and neuroscience, University of Oregon researchers have found converging signs of pure altruism and behavior that increase with age in the brain.

Their goal was to find a sweet spot, where altruism is done for the simple joy of community care and seeing others benefit without expecting personal rewards or recognition.

They did this by giving a test group of 80 adults $100 each to do with what they chose, primarily giving to a chosen charity or transferring it their own account.

The researchers observed the decision making process, performed personality tests and carried out functional MRI scans on participants as they watched the money being transferred either externally or to their own accounts. They were able to observe the brains’ reward centres. They determined that for some participants, it was activated more by their own good fortune in being given $100 seemingly without strings attached. However, for others, the reward centre was more active while watching the money they’d been given being transferred to charity.

Researchers then triangulated these findings and identified what they termed a ‘general benevolence’ which was highest in people aged 45 years and older.

Religion also showed a moderate, positive relationship with benevolence while gender, political orientation and annual income did not.

The finding that income was not a factor, the researchers said, indicated that the correlation they saw with age “was not simply due to older adults being generally wealthier.” Instead, life experiences may plant the seeds of pure altruism in people, “allowing them to grow into the desire to contribute to the public good.”

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Oxley Home Care is an Approved Provider of Home Care Packages funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing and holds an allocation of Home Care Packages. These packages are designed to provide assistance to the elderly, to remain living independently at home.

To gain access to a Home Care Package, the government requires that you undergo a comprehensive assessment by your local Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT). To arrange the assessment, contact My Aged Care on 1800 200 422 or visit the My Aged Care web site.

For more information, please feel free to call Oxley Home Care on 1300 993 591.

Altruism grows as we age…

Testimonials from our valued clients.

My Care Worker, Karin, is so efficient, capable and caring. She has proved to be intelligent, reliable, conscientious and her integrity is undoubted. She has been a huge factor in my living in my own home with all my health problems. Her assistance in so many ways has contributed greatly to me achieving this and hopefully will continue for some time to come. I am very lucky to have the assistance of such a capable and understanding Care Worker from Oxley Home Care.

Brian, Wahroonga

Testimonials from our valued clients.

Our experience with Oxley is seamless, friendly, pro-active and extremely supportive. We would like to make special mention of their speedy response times when adhoc requests for care services are made. As shift workers this service is invaluable and Ashley goes above and beyond in these communications and interactions with us. Anna has been amazing offering advice and is open minded to trialling and sourcing new devices to assist us. Maria is an exceptional carer who does more than required and was able to make a quick connection and friendship with our mother. Thank you team!

Anna, Parramatta

Testimonials from our valued clients.

To all the team at Oxley, I cannot thank you enough for all the help, kindness, patience, and support you have given my Mother over the past year. Mum speaks so highly of you all and my life has been made so much easier because of you. Keep up the good work.

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